IDAGIO | Ernst Bachrich - Ein Portrait 0840387100449

Featuring

Alexander Breitenbach
Anna Christin Sayn
Lola Rubio
Ernst Bachrich

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Composer Biography

Ernst Bachrich actively resisted the ban on his music by seeking publication and promoting his work privately and publicly, even listing copyrights of banned compositions on his asset registry.

Recording & Production

This album features premiere recordings of Ernst Bachrich's works, some of which existed only as unique copies in the estates of composers and musicians.

Historical Context

Amid rising anti-Semitism, Ernst Bachrich left his posts in Germany in 1932 and was later blacklisted after the German annexation of Austria in 1938.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Ernst Bachrich, a composer and pianist, aimed to synthesize diverse European pianistic styles from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in his piano compositions.

Composer Biography

Ernst Bachrich, a pupil of Arnold Schoenberg and a founding member of his Society for Private Musical Performances, was murdered in the Nazi concentration camp Majdanek in July 1942.

Recording & Production

This recording is part of the EchoSpore project, founded by the Cologne College of Music in 2018, dedicated to rediscovering and publishing works by persecuted composers.